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Classic D.C. WASHTONE Thread
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...with as many washtones as there are in the War genre, there are surprisingly few in the flagship OAAW title.... this one is a favorite now, and it only recently came to my attention. GOD BLESS,,,

 

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Okay...not a DC (nor Silver Age), but this Dell book from 1943 is an early example of a grey tone type cover.

 

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.... there's some nice washtones in the GA..... several of the Doc Savage books have very sharp examples. GOD BLESS....

 

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One thing I've noticed about washtones..... there aren't many of them in the Superhero titles.... I can only think of one Batman issue, Detective Comics 239. There are several Sea Devils issues. I think the only GL is # 8....... but it's one of my favorites. GOD BLESS...

 

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That is odd that all the wash tones were in War comics aside from a few. Here's one of the Sea Devils. I forgot I had that one. My only other is the GI Combat 84, but it's not as nice as the one beaumonts posted.

 

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There are also quite a few in the Funny Animal genre and in the Western and Sci-Fi titles.... but many of those you have to be lucky enough to stumble on to them, as there is no master list or cover indexes to draw from. GOD BLESS...

 

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... it may have been an editorial thing as I don't recall any being on the cover of any Weissinger titles.

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Wait, I did find another (and also have Mystery in Space 55).

 

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.... this is one of my favorites also. GOD BLESS...

 

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.... hopefully Comick1 and Hepcat will share some of their extensive holdings.....

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